This song is based on the series of photographs by Gonkar Gyatso, entitled "My Identity". It was written to be performed in front of the photographs in 2010. And now it has been rewritten to be part of the Rubin Museum of Art -Talking Stick Compilation Album
lyrics
I will follow you.
Sunrise over Mount Kailash,
I will take my time painting every detail that we may receive.
I follow you.
The sun is a beating drum,
it carries the Chairman's will to my canvas and my mind.
I have followed you.
Sunset behind metal walls, my warmth is truth.
I will paint for you.
I follow Imagination. I follow Science as it suits me.
The weight of the night sky and the expanding mysteries it holds is precisely heavy enough to counter balance the pressure of vitality beneath our skins.
As we paint, we furtively imbibe dark matter and invent our future. In our voices string theories coalesce, sculpting afterlives of our ancestors.
And somehow within the stunning fray, at times I feel empty.
credits
released July 1, 2013
Written by Smith/Campbell, Rewritten by Eso.
All music written and performed by Eso, except
Recorder- Boris Patrick
Harmonies- Give to LIght and Dennie Hausen
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